Creating an instant sepia look

With Photoshop you can get this effect in seconds.

Sometimes it can be a nice trick to make your photos look like they were taken a
hundred years ago. Just off the top of my head, I can think of two ways to
get this effect:

Take the photo a hundred years ago

or do it with software.

I’m a big fan of the second method. Now, I don’t know enough about all the types of
image editing software to tell you how many kinds of software can do this trick, but
I’d be extremely surprised if there weren’t lots of options. For example,
GraphicConverter by Lemke Software makes it even easier and at the end of this article
I describe how (in one sentence).

So your way of doing it might differ a little from mine, but here’s how I go about
it in Adobe Photoshop.

Open your photo in Photoshop and go to the Image menu at the top of the screen and
select Adjustments > Hue/Saturation…. You’ll get a
Hue/Saturation dialogue box like the one shown here.

Click on the little button where it says Colorize. I also recommend having
the Preview option checked so you can see what you’re doing.

Drag the Hue slider to the point that you think gives your picture a nice sepia
colour.

Now drag the Saturation slider to where you think the colours are rich enough.

And that’s it. It’s done! You can click on the OK button to make
your change.

You’re not limited to just sepia either. You can drag that Hue slider to
any point you think makes your image look the best.

How it’s done in GraphicConverter

You don’t need Photoshop to get this effect. GraphicConverter is just one
example of an alternative. In fact, it’s even easier in GraphicConverter! Just
open your image and go to the Picture menu and select Colors >
Change to Sepia. It doesn’t get much easier than that.